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Obesity and Health in Europeans Ages 50 and Above
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; van soest, arthur; Andreyeva, Tatiana - RAND - 2005
The authors use a unique cross-country data set covering nearly 22,000 elderly individuals (age 50+) from 10 European Countries. Cross-country differences in the prevalence of obesity in older Europeans are substantial and exceed sociodemographic differentials in obesity. Obesity is strongly...
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Cross-Country Variation in Obesity Patterns among Older Americans and Europeans
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; van soest, arthur; Andreyeva, Tatiana - RAND - 2007
While the fraction of obese people is not as large in Europe as in the United States, obesity is becoming an important issue in Europe as well. Using comparable data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and the Health and Retirement Study in the U.S. (HRS), this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005545505
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Cross-Country Variation in Obesity Patterns among Older Americans and Europeans
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Soest, Arthur van; Andreyeva, Tatiana - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2007
While the fraction of obese people is not as large in Europe as in the United States, obesity is becoming an important issue in Europe as well. Using comparable data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and the Health and Retirement Study in the U.S. (HRS), we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763300
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Cross-Country Variation in Obesity Patterns among Older Americans and Europeans
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Soest, Arthur van; Andreyeva, Tatiana - In: Forum for Health Economics & Policy 10 (2007) 2, pp. 1087-1087
While the fraction of obese people is not as large in Europe as in the United States, obesity is becoming an important issue in Europe as well. Using comparable data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and the Health and Retirement Study in the U.S. (HRS), we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005246203
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Self reported disability and reference groups
Soest, Arthur van; Andreeva, Tatʹjana B.; Kapteyn, Arie; … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230313
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Self-reported disability and reference groups
Soest, Arthur van; Andreeva, Tatʹjana B.; Kapteyn, Arie; … - In: Investigations in the economics of aging, (pp. 237-264). 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009724917
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Cross-Country Variation in Obesity Patterns among Older Americans and Europeans
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; van Soest, Arthur H.O.; … - In: Forum for Health Economics & Policy 10 (2007) 2
While the fraction of obese people is not as large in Europe as in the United States, obesity is becoming an important issue in Europe as well. Using comparable data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and the Health and Retirement Study in the U.S. (HRS), we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014591963
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Self Reported Disability and Reference Groups
van soest, arthur; Smith, James P.; Andreyeva, Tatiana; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Social networks and social interactions affect individual and social norms. We develop a direct test of this using Dutch survey data on how respondents evaluate work disability of hypothetical people with some work related health problem (vignettes). We analyze how the thresholds respondents use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147535
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Self-Reported Disability and Reference Groups
van soest, arthur; Smith, James P.; Andreyeva, Tatiana; … - In: Investigations in the Economics of Aging
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149379
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Self Reported Disability and Reference Groups
van Soest, Arthur - 2011
Social networks and social interactions affect individual and social norms. We develop a direct test of this using Dutch survey data on how respondents evaluate work disability of hypothetical people with some work related health problem (vignettes). We analyze how the thresholds respondents use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461505